provides a small business micro loan program, which includes credit counseling, technical and business assistance, offers entrepreneurial classes designed to increase minority ownership, jobs and wages, and reduce unemployment. GOCDC also aims to increase the quality of housing in the target area by providing technical and financial resources to assist residents in becoming homeowners.

The goals of GOCDC is to improve the economic viability of the target community and to improve the quality of housing in the Weed and Seed area.

• For more information contact Charlena Kinsler at 351-4075.

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